Author: staff
Andy Burnham makes his opening pitch to the voters of Makerfield but is he already in campaign mode for PM, as well as MP? Sam Coates and Anne McElvoy discuss his launch video. Back in London, there’s a cabinet meeting this morning. Just how awkward will that be for Sir Keir Starmer? Especially with those who were pushing him to have a plan to leave office. And what happens over the next few weeks in government if a minister has said that they don’t want the PM, and Sir Keir does not have confidence in a minister?
Published on 19/05/2026 – 9:23 GMT+2•Updated 9:27 Russia has high expectations for President Vladimir Putin’s trip to China this week, with the Kremlin saying both sides will use the visit to further develop their “privileged partnership”. Putin is due to begin his official visit to Beijing shortly after US President Donald Trump met his Chinese counterpart. While Moscow has officially said the visit will focus on strengthening Russia and China’s “strategic partnership”, the timing points to a broader geopolitical agenda — and to China’s growing diplomatic leverage. Trump visited Beijing less than a week ago, but despite high expectations, the…
Published on 19/05/2026 – 8:44 GMT+2 International benchmark Brent crude dropped 1.33% to trade at $110.61 per barrel, while US West Texas Intermediate futures (WTI) fell 0.91% to $103.43 per barrel as investors digested the latest comments from Donald Trump. The US President said he was postponing a planned attack on Iran scheduled for Tuesday at the request of Gulf leaders amid “serious negotiations” with Tehran, easing crude supply concerns among market watchers. Trump’s sudden announcement on social media on Monday came after Iran said it had responded to a new US proposal aimed at ending the war. ‘Oil inventories…
Brussels’ answer to a looming fertilizer crisis is to make more use of cow dung. Grocery price spikes are on the horizon amid the unending war in Iran and the rising cost of fertilizer. Yet the European Commission’s plan to shore up Europe’s supply, due out Tuesday, centers around a long-term regulatory push to recycle more manure and farm waste into fertilizer. It’s not the quick fix some were hoping for. Farmers “expected bold action,” said MEP Veronika Vrecionová, who helms the European Parliament’s agriculture committee. “Roadmaps don’t pay the bills. Farmers need action, not intentions.” Farm lobbies are pushing the same…
Published on 19/05/2026 – 7:50 GMT+2•Updated 8:01 Also on today’s show: Interview with Željana Zovko, Member of the European Parliament (European People’s Party), and Sean Clancy, Chair of the EU Military Committee. Explainer by Jakub Janas: What’s happening with the EU–US trade deal? Euronews’ Vincenzo Genovese reports live from Strasbourg on the European Order of Merit. When and where to watch Europe Today? You can join Euronews’ chief anchor Méabh Mc Mahon and our EU editor Maria Tadeo live on TV and Euronews’ website and digital platforms every weekday. Our new format brings you the day’s key events plus crucial…
Picture the scene. It’s 11pm, you**’**ve had a hard day at work or at school and the last thing you want is the added stress of trying to figure out how to kill a final boss in the Elden Ring. What you need is something more basic, more relaxing when you turn on the console. Going to your farm and watering some virtual tomatoes, for example. It may sound silly, but for many people, that gesture is the only real moment of peace all day. ‘Cozy games’ are video games with a leisurely pace, gentle aesthetics and a deliberate lack…
Xi Jinping empfängt den russischen Präsidenten Wladimir Putin in Peking. Offiziell geht es um das Jubiläum des chinesisch-russischen Freundschaftsvertrags. Gordon Repinski analysiert, wie China die russische Kriegswirtschaft durch Dual-Use-Komponenten für Drohnen und Raketen unterstützt und warum Putin in dieser Partnerschaft längst zum Juniorpartner degradiert wurde. Im 200-Sekunden-Interview: Konstantin von Notz (Grüne), der stellvertretenden Fraktionschef und Mitglied im Parlamentarischen Kontrollgremium. Er warnt eindringlich davor, die nachrichtendienstliche und militärische Aggression Chinas zu unterschätzen, und ordnet die jüngsten russischen Sabotage- und Desinformationsversuche in Deutschland ein. Nach langem Zögern und einem intensiven politischen Gerangel zwischen SPD und Union steht die Mehrheit für einen symbolischen…
After years of Hungary’s former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán blocking Ukraine’s path to join the EU, Budapest and Kyiv are talking again. That has Brussels wondering if Hungary might finally be softening its position on Ukrainian accession. Today on the pod, Nick and Ian discuss why joining the bloc is so important to the war-torn nation and why — even if the mood is shifting in Budapest — it’s unlikely to change overnight. Also on the show, EU Commissioner Jozef Síkela is heading to Nuuk for a conference called Future Greenland. It’s all part of the EU’s attempt to court…
Deep foreign aid cuts allowed the deadly Ebola virus to spread undetected in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, while ongoing conflict has complicated efforts to build resilient health care services in the region, experts warned Monday. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez framed the crisis as a matter of security and justice at the World Health Organization’s annual meeting in Geneva, where the pressing question for health leaders is how to continue funding global health amid cuts from the U.S. and others. “We have for the last 12 years been living with Ebola, and unfortunately, we are going through…
Some Labour MPs have viewed the ex-commander as a possible future leadership candidate since arriving at Westminster — but his supporters have brought that timeline forward and insist he must be part of any contest which takes place this year, following a series of blows to Starmer’s authority. The prime minister has said he is staying put after his health secretary, Wes Streeting, resigned, and longtime critic Burnham announced a bid to re-enter parliament to challenge him. More than 90 MPs have called for Starmer to set out a timeline to quit. While there is no leadership race currently underway,…